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V SKATE. No. 576,747 I Patented Feb. 9, 1897.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAKOB STUTZ-MULLER, OF KEMPTEN, SlVITZERLAND.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,747, dated February9, 1897.

7 Application filed July 31, 1896- Serial No. 601,189. (No model.)

To (1 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AKOB'STUTZ-MIJLLER, a citizen of Switzerland,residing at Kempten, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following isa specification.

The improvement in skates which forms the object of the presentapplication for-Letters Patent consists, essentially, in forming thesole-clips and the heel-clip to close by means ofdraw-springsindependently of each other, and that by means of a barengaging in the draw-bar of the sole-clips and capable of being presseddown by the foot of the skater the stretched springs are disengaged anda firm attachment of the skate to the foot of the skater is obtained.

The accompanying drawings show one method of carrying into effect theabove invention.

Figure 1 shows the elevation; Fig. 2, the view from below; Fig. 3, asection of the skate on the line 0c 00 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a section ofthe skate on the line y y of Fig. 1.

In the above-named drawings, (t represents the blade, 6 the sole-clipsof the usual kind, and c the draw-bar adjustable in longitudinal axisand with which the clips I) are adjustablyconnected by means of thescrew'cl and the slot 6. The front end of the bar 0 is carried in thesupport f and the rear end of the same is provided with a slot 0.Projection c engaging in a slot g of the footplate g, serves to guidethe bar 0. In the front part of the bar 0 a longitudinal slot 0 isformed, the rear end of which is enlarged. The spring t', fastened atone end to the rear support hand at the other end to the pin 0 of thebar 0, strives to draw back the bar 0 and thereby to close the clips I).In a central depression f in the front support f is placed the bar k,with the spring I pressing it upward. The bar it; has two parts ofdifferent thicknesses, of which the thinner part kcorresponds with thewidth of the slot 0 and the thicker part 10 corresponds with that of thewidened portion of the said slot.

For the purpose of pushing the bar 0 forward, that is, in opposition tothe draw of the spring 2', there is arranged upon the under side of thefoot-plate g, revoluble around the peg 9 the lever m, acting upon theguidebar 0 When the bar 0 is sufficiently pushed forward by means of thelever m, the widened part of the slot 0 comes to lie over the part it insuch a manner that this latter under the pressure of the spring leanmove upward. Hereupon the part of the bar 70 presses into the widenedportion of the slot 0 and stops the bar 0, while the part 70' of thesame projects somewhat over the foot-plate 9. (See the dotted positionof Fig. 4.) On the advance of the bar cthe spring t' is stretched andthe clips are opened. The pin or, engaged in the slot 0 of the bar 0,which is connected with the sliding bar a of the heelclip 0, is herebyalso pushed forward, the clip 0 opened, and the spring 19 stretched,which is connected on the one side with the support it and on the otherside with the pin a. The springs i and p are placed one within another.If the skater places his foot upon the skate, his bodily weight pressesdown the projecting bar 70, whereby the part k of the latter escapesfrom the widened portion of the slot 0 and the bar 6 becomes free. Thelatter now springs back under the influence of the spring 2' and closesthe clips I). Simultaneously with the bar 0, but independently thereof,the bar n also springs back under the pressure of the spring 19 andcloses the heel-clip 0.

hen it is desired to remove the skate from the foot, it is onlynecessary to take hold of the lever m and to push the bar 0 forwardagain, whereby all clips are opened.

By means of the screw (1 and the slot q the heel-clip o is adjustableupon the bar n. The closing of the heel-clip 0 is effected independentlyof those of the sole-clips I), while on opening the clips the slot 0 ofthe bar 0 carries with it the pin a of the bar n, and so causes theadvance of the latter to be dependent on that of the former.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is 1. A skate comprising a foot-plate and runner,sole-clips, a movable bar 0 carrying the sole-clips, a spring engagingsaid bar, a heelclip, a sliding bar 01 carrying the heel-clip thepressure of the foot, substantially as deand a spring engaging said barn,said springs scribed. I 0 being located one Within the other, substan-I In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my tially as described. hand inpresence of two \Tit3116SSGS 2. A skate .cornprising a front plate andJAKOB STUTZ-MULLER. l

runner, sole and heel clips, independent iVit-nesses: springs for eachset of clips and a spring- HERMANN KIRCHHOFER, holding device for thesole-clips operated by GERMAIN.

